August 04, 2005

Pro-Tax Group Launches

A group calling itself Nashville Tomorrow has launched which promotes higher taxes in order to help the schools and ease the tax burden for the elderly.

According to the Nashville City Paper their group is compromised comprised of an all-star list of groups: Seniors Inc., Stand For Children, SEIU, Metro schools’ parents advisory council and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.

I have a unique idea for them. If they want the schools to be better, perhaps they should put efforts forward promoting responsible spending by the schools and working towards finding real reforms to make our schools better.

As for tax relief for the elderly...

While Poole graduated from Nashville public schools, his work in the Trustees office makes him an appropriate advocate for the tax relief for seniors.

“I’ve seen firsthand the plight of our seniors who are on fixed incomes whose property taxes continue to escalate,” Poole said. “We’ve got to do something to help those folks …”

You want to help them? Um...ok...how about lower taxes?

I'm sure this will ignite some passions, but I don't see how certain segments of the population can get a free pass on paying taxes. If you have to exempt people from taxation because they are unable to pay the bill then obviously taxes are too high. Does that ever cross anyone's mind?

If they want to really help the children they should be focused on reform. However, that's not their goal. They are living inside a box, and thinking outside of that box (reform) ist verboten. They want to continue doing what they've always been doing, but that's only going to take more money (aka...higher taxes) all leading to the same result...continued failure of the schools.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

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"...their group is compromised (sic) of an all-star list of groups..."

Compromised may ultimately be the correct term, but in this context I believe comprised would work better.

Posted by: "John Galt" at August 4, 2005 09:45 AM

Ah yes...so noted. :)

Posted by: Blake at August 4, 2005 09:56 AM

One of my pet linguistic peeve: use of "first hand" to describe something second hand. Unless Mr. Poole is elderly, he hasn't seen it first hand.

Posted by: at August 4, 2005 10:13 AM

Wash, Rinse, Repeat...Repeat!!! No wonder, I have been doing it all wrong!!! Doh!!!

Ahhhh the refreshing aroma of commonse-less that comes wafting out from our government...Breath in, hold it, and now drink the Kool-Aid.

Posted by: Creative Liberty at August 4, 2005 10:57 AM

Should go over like the F bomb in church.

Posted by: Drake at August 4, 2005 02:03 PM

A pro tax group? You got to be kidding. I think we should let everyone who calls for higher taxes pay a little extra since they feel like they aren't taxed enough.

Posted by: Glen Dean at August 5, 2005 12:06 AM

The proposal for the tax plays primarily on the same heartstrings politicians strum: Schools/children and the elderly - while in 'real life,' education and senior programs (especially healthcare) always seem to be cut out of a budget first.

Posted by: DTFKA at August 7, 2005 06:54 AM

SEIU should be more accurate and call itself Socialist Employees International Union. I recommend that folks, especially Democrats, read the following article and grasp what SEIU is all about:

http://tinyurl.com/ccbon

Posted by: Donna Locke at August 7, 2005 05:14 PM